AOL said that this is the month it will roll out Voice over IP phone service to some of its members. The service may be incorporated into AOL's Instant Messenger (You know AIM. It's like Skype for text.) The new system will use analog telephone adapters to hook your old-school phone into their new VoIP service. The AIM tie-in will incorporate users "buddy lists" so users will know when buddies can be called up. AOL CEO Jonathan Miller said that this move will help the entire VoIP industry become well known. No word yet on pricing or where the first rollouts of the service will take place.
AOL Jumps into Broadband Phone Services
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(Page 1)3. AOL needs to implement a good softphone if they plan to compete with Yahoo's sofphone powered by Xten. http://andyabramson.blogs.com/voipwatch/2005/04/xten_should_be_.html
Posted at 4:35AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Chuck
1. umm..not too sure if this is a smart move by AOL
Posted at 4:35AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Toronto Student